A look at classic children's novel The Thief of Always by Clive Barker. Imagine a house where every morning was Christmas and every night was Halloween. A special place where fantasies are reality, reality is fantasy, and horror is just a short walk away. Welcome, children, to Holiday House.

A recent change of management has led a young rock band to the dark walls of what is affectionately known as The Tower, an ancient and large dwelling in the middle of nowhere. The mansion boasts an extensive history of brutal violence and death, and it is about to add some fresh blood to its resume

We’re used to vampires who are both deadly and benign, the types of characters that we actually want sucking our blood. In the vampire novel, "Vampire Zero: A Gruesome Vampire Tale," David Wellington reminds us why we were really frightened of them in the first place.

Perhaps the most enduring of all characters in horror literature, the Vampire has held dominion over the genre for...well, centuries. Yet its presence in horror literature is small in comparison to the myths which have focused on the vampire for thousands of years.

When a celebrated author Dermot Nolan is faced with his worst fear - writer's block - he becomes desperate for his next big literary break. As he finds out, sometimes, plagiarism can be murder. A review of Worst Nightmares by author Shane Briant.